<span>The question that might help you identify the theme of a piece of fiction is the question "How did the conflict(s) resolve, if at all?" This questions requires first thinking of the entire story as well as analyzing the plot and the overall message of the story to determine the conflict and resolution.</span>
Answer: B. Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
Explanation: in a text, a main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. In the given excerpt from "The City Without Us” by Alan Weisman we can see the description of how the salt used on the roadways on winter, is very corrosive because it eats steel, and it also says that with no people, there won't be salt, but there will be rust which is also corrosive. According to this information, the main idea of the paragraph is best represented by option B: Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
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It gives the reader insight of all of the characters. because the author could be writing what someone is thinking.
